Chapter Twenty-Five: Losing You

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I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.

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Previously:

Reinhart happily chatted with his master as the while Lucy cheered with Happy about what they had done. He would have felt more joy but something one of the masters said caught his attention so he looked over his shoulder his jaw dropping while Erza went into a small internally panic. "Oops." The yellow eyed male rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "That wasn't supposed to happen."

Natsu laughed, "We really made a mess of the place huh?'

Reinhart chuckled thinking that it was a good thing that Kristina had not come on the mission with them. Otherwise there would be more than a few more mountain tops missing. He sweat dropped and started running with the rest of his guild mate's as they started getting chased. Feeling it build up he let out a laugh as he ran.

Now:

Reinhart was laying his head on the counter as he groaned pitifully to himself. "Never again am I ever going on an unguided tour guide through mountains ever again. I'm going to have nightmares for years of that place."

"It's not like you died there. You found your way out eventually." Cana laughed out while his wife patted his back sympathetically.

Yellow eyes glared at his drinking partner, "You didn't have to go through it. So don't patronize me woman."

The drunk continued to laugh at him, "Oh, you don't scare me. So don't even try."

"I don't scare you now. I can change that real quickly if you want me to." Reinhart growled out threateningly as he continued to glare at a laughing and unconcerned Cana.

Kristina laughed, "You might want to be careful there Cana. You know he will at some point."

"Please, like he will ever use his powers on his guild mates." The woman said then took another drink of her mug.

Pink eyes rolled amused as he put her tray down and started helping Mira load up another tray she was going to deliver to their other guild mates. As they did, Natsu came running and went straight to Reinhart. Upon reaching him he plopped a seat right next to him. "Hey."

Yellow eyes looked away from Cana and right at the teenager next to him with a smile, "You look better, are you ready to take on Erza today."

The pink haired male gave a large grin on his face and he showed his arm, "You bet I am. I'm going to show her just how strong I have become."

Reinhart gave a wide grin, "Just so you know I am not betting when that comes up."

"But if you did it would be on me right?" Natsu asked with a continued grin.

The brunette laughed with his wife, "Even if Tina wasn't against me betting I'd refuse to bet on any of my friends fighting each other."

The dragon slayer looked at the remaining female bartender, "He's kidding right?"

She shook her head, "Nope, he tells the truth. Him not betting on his guild mates has nothing to do with me."

The yellowed eyes male started messing with the necklace he had on his neck. Natsu grinned at him, "You've been wearing that a lot lately."

"I just really appreciate all that town went through to get this made for me." Reinhart replied tucking under his shirt as he stood up, "I believe your opponent is here."

"Hey Erza! You ready for our rematch?" Natsu yelled as he ran over to the female s class mage.

The red head smiled at the pink haired male, "Of course I would never back out of a deal."

Reinhart and Kristina walked out with the rest of their guild and circled around Natsu and Erza who were starting the match off with a staring contest. Reinhart grinned excitedly; he had been looking forward to this match since the fire eater challenged his fellow s class mage on the loading platform in the train station. His eyes were locked onto the two in the center of the crowd while his wife looked around and smiling when she saw Lucy and Gray running up. Lucy pushed one of the guild members out of the way as she exclaimed, "No way, they are actually going through with it?"

Mira looked over with a smile, as she said, "Oh, hey Lucy."

Reinhart grinned in her direction, "You bet they are. This is going to be the best fight ever. I've been waiting for this since he challenged her."

Mira's brother spoke up from behind her, "If those two value their man hood they better go through with it."

Kristina and Mira looked at the Elfman saying at the same time, "Erza's not a man."

Macao grinned at the two barmaids, "But you got to admit she's manly."

Kristina clapped her hands excited, "This is going to be fun to watch."

"Aren't you worried this fight will tear our strongest team apart?" Lucy asked.

"What are you talking about? Our strongest team?"

Reinhart looked at Gray wondering what he was going to reply when Lucy replied, "You, Natsu, Erza, and Reinhart; you dummy. You're the four strongest wizards in the guild.

"We are? Yeah right, what idiot fed you that line?"

Kristina and Reinhart smacked their heads as Mira started to cry, "Oh, you're not an idiot Mira."

Lucy glared at Gray, "Smooth move, Gray."

"As for Natsu and Grey, they are tough little dudes." Elfman said getting the blond to look at him in surprise, "But nether of them are close to being the strongest. There are guys in Fairy Tail who are stronger than both of them combined. Like this guy." He finished by putting at himself with his thumb.

Levi smiled as she said, "But calling Erza the strongest woman in the guild is a pretty safe bet."

Jet nodded, "As far as the guys go it's a pretty tough call. But I put my money on Laxus, Mystogen, and Reinhart."

Mira continued to cry, "All I meant was the four of them worked well together and they had the best team chemistry in all of Fairy Tail."

Lucy blinked as she said, "This is coming from the same person who sent me on a mission to keep Gray and Natsu from killing each other when Erza wasn't around."

"She got you there Mira." Kristina said with a small laugh as the white haired woman looked at her with a pout, "You even said that my husband wasn't going to help."

"Oh come on Kristi, pick my side for once."

Lucy looked between the two barmaids as the pink eyed female replied covering her amused smile, "Please, if I did that all the time then I would seem like I am picking favorites and I can't be having that."

Reinhart turned his attention to the fight that was about to start as Elfman said, "I got to say I'm pretty psyched to see how this fight turns out."

Grey chucked as he said, "Oh yeah, I'm sure that she will end up mopping the floor with him."

"Don't tune him out yet Gray." Reinhart said with a grin that was getting wider, "Natsu has been getting better, and you know it. You have personal experience in that matter."

"You always side with him so your point doesn't count." The ice mage replied rolling his eyes.

"Or I'm just that observant unlike you." The male s class mage turned and looked at the younger male, "I am after all already in s class league unlike you."

"That is unnecessary."

"I'm just saying." Reinhart chuckled causing Gray to glare at him in retaliation while Macao and Elfman laughed amused by the verbal spar between the two.

Erza was smiling as she said to Natsu, "It's been quite a while since we have squared off hasn't it Natsu?"

"I was just a little kid back then, today is going to be different." He held his arms up, "Cause I'm taking you down Erza."

"Well I'm not going to go easy on you…" She activated her powers causing her hair to fly around a bit in the air, "In fact, I have the perfect armor for this occasion." The guild watched as she changed into her armor of choice. Seeing her choice made Reinhart's grin get even bigger, he knew that this fight was going to be even more amazing than they had anticipated.

"That's flame empress armor. Good choice against fire magic." Macao said as another guild member spoke up:

"So now Natsu's flames will only be half as effective."

"Come on Erza, at least give the kid a fighting chance." Wakaba said with an amused smile.

"That's right, give Natsu the challenge. He always does better when that happens." Reinhart yelled out his eyes shining with glee.

"You're betting against your best friend!" Exclaimed Lucy when she heard what Happy said. Turning she looked at Natsu and Erza ready to square off. "Why anybody picking sides? I don't want any of them to lose."

The male s class mage snorted at the blond female as Gray said, "Get into the spirit Lucy."

"Flame empress armor huh?" Natsu asked with a large grin his fist lighting up in an instant. "That's good news for me. That means I can turn up the heat as high as I want to."

Master Makarov held up his hand and the moment he said the first round started the dragon slayer charged. As he swung his fist to hit the female s class mage Erza jumped out of the way and swung her weapon that she had equipped. Seeing what she was doing the younger male swung a flaming foot in her direction. To which the redhead nimbly dodged before attempting another strike that she had missed due to Natsu flipping out of the way. Seeing Erza charge the slayer opened his mouth and let out a dragon roar then followed her movements as she dodged the attack. Those that were cheering from one of the sides gave a startled yell when the flames nearly hit them when Erza ran by them to escape the attack.

Lucy covered her mouth as she watched amazed. Elfman grinned as he said, "See it's a good fight huh?"

The ice mage scoffed, "This fight sucks."

"Show her what you got Natsu!" The fear mage yelled with glee.

Just before the two could attack each other again a loud gong got everyone's attention. They all looked over to see at toad woman walking up to the gathered fairy tail members. Speaking with a squeaky voice she said, "This fight is over."

Reinhart glared at her recognizing her attire, 'You have got to be kidding me!'

"May I have your attention please? I come here on the behalf of the magic council." The rest of his guild was surprised by the announcement. However the frog continued to speak as if the guild around her wasn't talking, "As a result of the Eisenwald incident a member of your guild has been charged with eleven counts of property damage. Erza Scarlet you are under arrest."

Two members of the guild spoke up in differing tones. Natsu was surprised as he ask, "What? You are putting her under a what?"

While Reinhart yelled out in anger as his wife held him back, "What kind of bull is this?! As a team we did that not just her!"

The frog turned and looked at him, "Do not push the matter Mr. Nightingale or you will be arrested too."

"Go ahead and do it, I'd like to take this stupid charge on as a team! How dare the council only pick out one of us, this is complete bullshit!"

"My Heart, think rationally here." Kristina said clinging to her husband's side.

"I am thinking rationally, and the crap they are pulling is utter bullshit!"

The frog continued to watch the two of them while Reinhart's face was turned to face his wife with her gentle encouraging, "Please, don't do this my love. Don't make me see you get arrested for your anger."

Yellow eyes looked into pink as he heard Erza speak up, "It's okay Reinhart, I will deal with this. I will be okay."

Reinhart glanced at the redhead who was now in her normal attire. Giving a small growl he gently pried himself from his wife as he and stormed off grumbling about how stupid the council was under his breath. Kristina looked at the frog, "I'm sorry, he doesn't mean it."

"I'm sure he doesn't." The woman replied as she turned to look at Erza, "Come with me please."

When the woman's back was turned Kristina glared at her, as she had not liked the tone she had used when she had replied to her. She walked up to Natsu who tried to follow after holding his arm, "Don't, don't make it worse."

Onyx eyes looked at her defiantly, "But this isn't fair, Reinhart's right we as a team did that, not just her. Reinhart did just as much damage."

"That doesn't make it right to mess with the magic council. Come inside, I'll make you your favorite drink." The pink haired dragon slayer allowed her to drag him inside while he was burning in anger on the inside.

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Everyone sat around the guild either worried or bummed about what had happened. Reinhart had not come back so Kristina had gone off to make sure that he didn't try to do anything stupid in the meantime. Upon finding her husband she could see that he was beating up a punching bag that he had hung up outside to vent his anger. Letting out a soft sigh she walked up to him and hugged him from behind. She didn't say anything as it was not needed. The man reached and stopped the bag from moving, "You should have let me chew her out."

"I couldn't." She buried her face into his back, "I couldn't allow you to get arrested. It was bad enough that Erza was already getting arrested. I couldn't watch you as well." Her arms tightened around his torso, "Just the very though makes me think I am losing you."

Dropping his head back he looked up at the sky trying his best to let the anger and frustration out, "We made that damage as a team. The only one that shouldn't have been arrested was Lucy. She hung back with the guild masters. All of the masters there could attest to that."

"I know it isn't fair but they must have had a reason for picking her out." She felt him tense up, "I'm not saying it is a good excuse on their part, I'm just saying that there may have been a reason they only picked one of you." Kristina said as she rested her cheek against his back, "If they only wanted one of you she is the one most likely to be calm and collected. You and Natsu would have some kind of fit and Gray…he would likely be salty for them doing that."

"I know what you are saying is true, but it doesn't take away that they are being idiots for picking only one of us. We all did it."

"And they know that." Her fingers rubbed his abs through his tank top that he currently had on.

"What's wrong? You seem upset, and I know it isn't just about the fear of me going to prison." He peeked over his shoulder so that he could see her head just in view.

"It's the toad woman. After I apologized for your actions the tone she used was unneeded. She made me want to use my magic on her."

Reinhart smiled gently and turned in her arms so that he could hug her. Instantly she buried her face into his chest, "You are definitely my wife." He could feel her smiling in reply to that. Playing with her hair he added, "I've corrupted your gentle heart."

"Please, I've always been this bad. It has nothing to do with being married to you." She looked up her eyes shining with happiness, "However that is what made you and I perfect for each other. We could be with no one else."

Resting his head on hers he let out a soft breath, "I can't agree more."